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Saturday, February 19, 2011

This amazing tap dance version of Miki Theodorakis' Zorba the Greek was performed at Toronto's Annual Dancefest in 2004... we loved it and thought we would share it with you all!

We don't know any more details, but by looking at those glittery Greek Galanolefki flags being worn so proudly by the young dancers on their bodices, we can only guess that this was a Greek Tap Dancing Team's entry in the festival in the lead up to the Athens Olympics...

If anyone knows anything more please email us and we will update gladly!

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WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY - QUOTABLE QUOTES

By all means marry;if you get a good wife, you'll be happy.If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Socrates

I am not an Athenian or a Greek but a citizen of the world.

Diogenes

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Plutarch

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.Democritus

Time for Jokes...

An Australian decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to England thinking that he would start by working his way across Europe.

On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read "$10,000.00 per call".

The Australian, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000.00 you could talk to God.

The Australian thanked the priest and went on his way.

Next stop was in France. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone ...